Personally, I appreciate a darker interior. Especially on a daily commuter. Read more

This is precisely why I installed an ABS kill switch in my 1993 Bronco many moons ago. First time I took it off road on a downhill it nearly killed me. Second time it almost killed me I finally figured out what the hell was going on and installed an interrupt for the ABS's "Brain" power circuit. Read more

Dakar Day 4: Rider takes a breather. While his Quad takes a leisurely roll in the sand.

Do I win a prize? Read more

One rule of thumb for Garbage disposers is you rarely need more than 1/4 HP in a home. Why? Think about it this way: Read more

Am I the only one who read that as Baby Roaster?

Yep, It looked like it started life as a Police vehicle, got used up then became a taxi and then became a donk named "King Caprice". If you want to see more the album is here: http://s133.photobucket.com/user/Froggmann… Read more

dont lose any sleep about it. It was an already ragged out ex-taxi when they got it. It died after 2 laps around Buttonwillow when the ICE had a scrap metal fit. At least it made it in on electric. Read more

Better yet, "Why would someone do something like that!?" Read more

One other note about sawzalls, if you are cutting into a wall MAKE SURE ALL POWER IN THAT WALL IS TURNED OFF! It's not enough to check the breakers check... every... outlet. Buddy of mine in his drywall days got shot across a 20 ft room because it turned out a 240v outlet was not marked properly on the breaker box. Read more

You'd be pissed too if your legs had to be amputated in order to drive that thing. Read more

I can only imagine the face of the poor sap that opens up the valve cover to grab a cam or the whole head and gets greeted by the fragrant aroma of zesty italian dressing. Read more

Question for those who may know: Did this mission include ballast as an analogue for man and material or are they using the more expensive "baby steps" method to test this ship? Read more

I wonder what they were going to re-brand to this time? This was the type of shit they used to do back when they were Ugly Duckling. I know, I was a reference for a buddy of mine. That's OK, we voluntarily repoed that POS with the engine in the trunk. (Car blew it's transmission and engine within a week of each other.) Read more

aaand a pallet huntin I go again... Read more

In my case this was very true. Read more

'hoe operator: "Ahh shit! Do I have to pay for that?" Read more

The Dragoning port. Read more

Depends on the day. Some days it's so dead that I have to invent work to do. (Reminds me I need to work on that memo) Others, I'm so fucking busy it takes me an hour and a half to eat a piece of pizza or an apple and still have to work two hours later than my usual cut off time. Read more

I swear you guys at Lifehacker have impeccable timing. I'm currently IN the process of turning an unused bedroom into an office/guest room and have been looking at Murphy bed ideas. Now knowing that Costco sells complete units helps a bunch. Read more